The Mission of the Church

This afternoon our Bible discussion focussed on the mission of the church. Archbishop William Temple said, ‘The church is the only organisation which exists for the benefit of non-members.’ Our focus must always be on those who do not know God, seeking to...

Called To Pray

On Sunday we looked at our identity as people of prayer. God’s people, who are called by His name, are to live in a relationship which involves listening as well as talking. We looked at 2 Chronicles 7:13-15, where God highlights our part in the relationship as...

Wise Words To Live By

At our Bible study last night, we also looked at the words of Jesus in Matt 7:1-12, which look at a range of subjects about how best to live as people in God’s kingdom. His words on prayer remind us of the need to persevere: we must ask, seek and knock, but...

Don’t Worry!

‘Don’t worry’ is the unequivocal command of Jesus in Matthew 6:25-34. We might find this hard to obey, since we are so prone to worry, anxiety and fear, but Jesus reminds us in these verses of the reason we do not need to worry: we have a heavenly...

Pray For The World

We enjoy eating cuisine from around the world at our fellowship meals each month, so we have decided to learn more about each country and to spend that month praying for whichever country whose cuisine we have sampled! In March, we enjoyed a range of Mexican food and...